Revolution and the Constitution

bank funded by the federal government and wealthy investors to issue paper money and handle taxes

4

due process of law

_____

protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into the harbor

5

Boston Massacre

_____

authority to decide whether a law is constitutional

6

Boston Tea Party

_____

people opposed to the ratification of the new constitution

7

John Locke

_____

powers specifically granted in the constitution

8

Common Sense

_____

payments of money to persuade of influence

9

Thomas Jefferson

_____

being tried more than once for the same crime

10

Declaration of Independence

_____

colonists who wanted independence from Britain

11

Loyalists

_____

colonists who were loyal to Britain

12

Patriots

_____

an agreement between citizens and the government

13

Saratoga

_____

conflict of colonists and British soldiers that killed 4 colonists

14

Valley Forge

_____

a loose alliance of states

15

inflation

_____

created harsher punishments for people who criticize the government

16

Marquis de Lafayette

_____

official approval of the constitution

17

Charles Cornwallis

_____

powers not granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and people

18

Yorktown

_____

British general

19

Treaty of Paris

_____

organizations that support candidates for office and try to control the government

20

egalitarianism

_____

king of England during the American Revolution

21

republic

_____

rise in the price of goods

22

Articles of Confederation

_____

Battle won by the Americans in 1777

23

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

_____

order in which the office of the president is filled if it becomes vacant before an election

24

Shay's Rebellion

_____

procedure for returning a person charged with a crime where it was committed

25

reserved powers

_____

main author of the Declaration of Independence

26

checks and balances

_____

effort by a state to cancel a federal law

27

ratification

_____

law passed by parliament to try and raise money

28

Federalists

_____

law that set up the national court system

29

Anti-federalists

_____

political system where 2 political parties compete for power

30

Bill of Rights

_____

anti-tax protest by farmers

31

double jeopardy

_____

all the procedures for fair treatment that must be carried out when someone is accused of a crime

32

cabinet

_____

refusal to buy certain goods

33

two-party system

_____

Battle that gave the Americans victory in the war

34

protective tariff

_____

canceled

35

XYZ Affair

_____

powers not specifically stated in the constitution

36

Sedition Acts

_____

ordinary citizens who could be ready to fight quickly

37

nullification

_____

supporters of the new constitution

38

amendment

_____

areas of land owned and governed by the United States but that are not states

39

boycott

_____

treaty that officially ended the war

40

confederation

_____

rule by the military

41

delegate

_____

document outlining the first United States government

42

diplomacy

_____

powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too much power

43

isolate

_____

law that put a tax on items such as wills and newspapers

44

Minutemen

_____

set of amendments passed to protect individual rights

45

national bank

_____

a person given power to act for others, a representative

46

political parties

_____

place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778

47

social contract

_____

law that organized the northwest territory and decided how new states would enter the union

48

repealed

_____

settling disagreements between nations by discussion and negotiation

49

territories

_____

a government in which people elect representatives to govern

50

Democratic-Republicans

_____

a belief in equality

51

Judiciary Act of 1789

_____

to separate from others

52

bribes

_____

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked monarchy

53

martial law

_____

part of the constitution that allows Congress to pass laws necessary to carry out its enumerated powers

54

enumerated powers

_____

tax on imported goods to protect domestic business

55

implied powers

_____

philosopher who believed in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

56

elastic clause

_____

president

57

chief executive

_____

political party led by Thomas Jefferson

58

succession

_____

French nobleman who helped the Americans

59

judicial review

_____

document that said that the United States was an independent nation

60

extradition

_____

American anger over bribes demanded by French diplomats

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